Lantern



(No Model.)

P. MEYROSB.

LANTBRN Patented May 17, 1887.

No. 363,16L

`t-he cap in its lower position.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND MEYROSE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,161, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed December G, 1886. Serial No. 220,S2S.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FERDINAND MEYRosE, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of ll/Iissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lanterns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- FigureI is a side elevation of a lantern enr bodying my invention, the globe being shown in its lower or using position. Fig. II is a similar view with the globe raised. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical section of the guidetnbe taken on line III III, Fig. I, showing Fig. IV is a similar view taken on line IV IV, Fig. II, showing the cap raised. Fig. V is an enlarged transverse section taken on line V V, Fig. I. Fig. VI is a vertical section taken on line VI VI, Fig. V. Fig. VII is an enlarged detail view showing part of the disk and one of the fasteners. Fig. VIII is an enlarged transverse section taken on line VIII VIII, Fig. I.

My invention relates to certain improvements in lanterns; and it consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and

. pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the reservoir or fount; 2, the usual air-tubes; 3, the burner; 4, the disk in which the globe fits; 5, the globe; 6,' the cap connected to the upper end of the globe by wires 7 8, the guide` tube of the cap, and 9 the handle. These parts in themselves may all` be made of any well-known form or construction.

The globe and disk are connected together by a cheap and novel fastening consisting of two or more wires, 10, that are inserted in holes of the disk and bent, as shown in Figs. V and VI, so that their ends 11 will come against the globe and hold it on the disk. The lower ends, 12, of these fasteners are preferably formed with loops to provide a fingerhold by which the fasteners are turned from the position shown on the left-hand side of Fig.V to the position shown on the right-hand side, (the latter position being that also shown in Fig. 6,) and vice versa, when the globe and disk are to be connected and disconnected.

(No model.)

This device forms a cheap and effective means of securing the disk and globe together, so that when the latter is raised to expose the burner the former will be lifted with it.

Secured to and extending upward from the cap 6 are two segment-plates, 13, that coliform to the circular guide-tube 8, as shown in Fig. VIII. rIhey extend from the cap to a point above the guide tube, and are preferably united at top by a disk, 11i.

Secured to the guide-tube at 15, Fig. III, 1s a wire or other spring, 16, which tits in a groove formed by a rib, 17, on one of the plates 13. The plate is cut out at the upperend of the rib, as shown at 18, forming an opening, into which the outturned end 19 of the spring projects when the cap isin its ,lower position, thus securely holding the cap down upon the globe and holding the latter down upon the burner.

Vhen'it is desired to lift the globe to eX- pose the burner, it is only necessary to press III, to receive the end 19 of the spring, for the i purpose ofholdingthe globe in its elevated position, as shown in Fig. IV. pressing down on the globe or on the plates the part 19 of the spring leaves the enlargement in the rib automatically.

In addition to the rib 17 to receive the spring, or in lieu thereof, the guide-tube 8 may have a depression, 21, as shown in Fig. VIII.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a lantern, in combination with the globe and perforated disk,the fasteners fitting in perforations in the disk and provided with upper portions, 11, and under portions, 12, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a tubular lantern provided with a guide-tube, globe, and cap, of the plates secured to the cap, one of which is provided with a perforation, and the spring secured to the guide-tube having an outturned By simply IOO upper end entering said perforation in one of the plates, substantially as described,

3. The combination, with a tubular lantern provided with a gnidetube, globe, and cap, of the plates secured to the cap, one of which is provided with an enlargement, and the spring secured to the guide-tube having an outturned upper end entering said enlargement in one of the plates, substantially as described.

4. In alantern, in combination with the air tubes, guide-tube, globe, and cap, the plates secured to the cap on either side of the guidetube, and a spring secured to the guide-tube at its lower end and provided with an outtnrnedend, 19, one of the plates having a rib to form a groove for the outturned end of the spring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a lantern, in combination with the air tubes, guide-tube, globe, and cap, the plates secured to the cap on either side ofthe guide-tube, and a spring secured at its lower end to the guide-tube and having a perforation, 19, one of the plates being formed with an opening, 18, a rib, 17, and au enlargement, 20, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FERDINAND MEYROSE.

In presence of-l Guo. H. KNIGHT, JOSEPH WAHLE. 

